Community Development

We want an economy where everyone has a fair chance to succeed.

  • Supporting Local Entrepreneurs
  • Encouraging Innovation
  • Investing in Recreation

Focus Area:

Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development

Increase Recreational Opportunities for all NHC residents

2SHARE, Inc
Years awarded: 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $20,000
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A Bike for Every Child
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $16,000
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A Safe Place
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2026
Total funds awarded: $1,661,805
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Association of Fundraising Professionals, Cape Fear Chapter
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $3,000
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Backyard Housing Group
Year awarded: 2024
Total funds awarded: $180,000
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Better Is Possible
Years awarded: 2024, 2026
Total funds awarded: $165,000
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Cameron Art Museum
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2022
Total funds awarded: $113,528
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Cape Fear Collective
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2024, 2024, 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,998,000
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Cape Fear Community College Foundation, Incorporated – CC
Years awarded: 2023, 2023, 2022, 2022, 2026, 2026
Total funds awarded: $19,326,476.74
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Cape Fear Community Land Trust
Years awarded: 2024, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $555,000
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Cape Fear Council of Governments
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $200,000
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Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2026
Total funds awarded: $4,650,000
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Chamber Music Wilmington
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,528
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City of Wilmington
Years awarded: 2022, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $7,809,528
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Coastal Horizons Center
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2024, 2025
Total funds awarded: $2,525,000
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Community Enrichment Initiatives Inc
Years awarded: 2022, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $148,700
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Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2025, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $2,205,507
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DREAMS Center for Arts Education
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $1,327,774
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East Carolina Community Development, Inc
Years awarded: 2022, 2025
Total funds awarded: $255,000
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Eden Village
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2024
Total funds awarded: $605,000
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Financial Protection Law Center
Years awarded: 2022, 2024
Total funds awarded: $377,000
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First Baptist Church Wilmington
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,528
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First Fruit Ministries
Years awarded: 2024, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $619,528
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Genesis Block Foundation
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2025, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $242,570
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Good Shepherd Center
Years awarded: 2024, 2025
Total funds awarded: $2,465,000
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Greater Wilmington Chamber Foundation
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2026
Total funds awarded: $2,287,000
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Growing Resilience
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $330,468
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Housing Foundation of Southeastern North Carolina
Years awarded: 2024, 2024
Total funds awarded: $920,000
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IndependentWorks
Years awarded: 2022, 2025
Total funds awarded: $6,000
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Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc
Years awarded: 2022, 2023
Total funds awarded: $1,678,830
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Leading Into New Communities, Inc (LINC)
Years awarded: 2022, 2024, 2024, 2025, 2025, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $4,428,264
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $3,505
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MedNorth Health Center
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $7,167,028
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NC IDEA Foundation
Year awarded: 2026
Total funds awarded: $100,000
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New H.O.P.E. CDC
Years awarded: 2024, 2024, 2025
Total funds awarded: $5,260,000
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New Hanover County
Years awarded: 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $2,844,215
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North Carolina Center for Non-Profits
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $40,000
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One Christian Network
Years awarded: 2024, 2025
Total funds awarded: $229,528
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Port City Playwrights’ Project
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,528
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Preservation NC
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $2,900
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Ruthie Trammel’s Champions for Compassion
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $5,000
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Shelter America Group
Year awarded: 2024
Total funds awarded: $4,700,000
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Soaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry Inc
Years awarded: 2022, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $205,000
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StepUp Wilmington
Years awarded: 2022, 2025, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $456,028
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Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $3,000,000
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The Arts Council of Wilmington/NHC
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $755,000
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The Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program
Years awarded: 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $14,875
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The Healing Place
Years awarded: 2022, 2025
Total funds awarded: $204,528
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The Kairos Center Inc
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $3,961
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The LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
Years awarded: 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $10,000
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UNCW
Years awarded: 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2023, 2023, 2025, 2025, 2026, 2026, 2026
Total funds awarded: $12,048,399
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Veterans Creative Arts Program
Years awarded: 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $10,000
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Vigilant Hope
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,528
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WARM NC
Years awarded: 2025, 2024, 2024, 2022
Total funds awarded: $2,069,528
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Wesley CDC
Year awarded: 2024
Total funds awarded: $382,447
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WHQR Public Media
Years awarded: 2024, 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $44,083
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Wilmington Housing Authority
Years awarded: 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $5,704,528
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Wilmington Minority Chamber of Commerce
Year awarded: 2026
Total funds awarded: $10,000
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Wilmington Virtuosi Brass
Years awarded: 2025, 2025
Total funds awarded: $7,245
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Working Films
Years awarded: 2025, 2025, 2026
Total funds awarded: $24,528
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Wrightsville Beach Museum of History
Year awarded: 2022
Total funds awarded: $34,500
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Young Life
Year awarded: 2025
Total funds awarded: $4,500
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YWCA Lower Cape Fear
Years awarded: 2022, 2023, 2023 , 2025
Total funds awarded: $3,691,736
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